Year: 2024

Self-monitoring of physical activity with an accelerometer and feedback is an effective tool to improve physical activity in elderly people ...

Towards more efficient catalysts

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Harvard Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, ...

New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed

Penn Engineers have developed a new chip that uses light waves, rather than electricity, to perform the complex math essential ...

Laboratory study on conditions for spontaneous excitation of “chorus emission,” wave of space plasma

A dipole magnetic field, created by a ring current, is the most fundamental type of magnetic field that is found ...

Covering all bases: Team publishes first-of-its-kind field guide on velvet ants

LOGAN, UTAH, USA -- What's black and white and red all over? It might be a velvet ant. But discerning ...

Why do(n’t) people support being nudged towards healthier diets?

You may not realise it, but “nudge” has been used by businesses, policy-makers and governments for years to prod the ...

Three unexpected foods in alternatives to traditional plastics

Future alternatives to fossil fuel-based plastics could be hiding in kitchen cabinets and waste bins. Researchers are looking to foodstuffs ...

Researchers observe highly excited ‘roaming’ energy pathway in chemical reactions

Scientists have observed so-called 'roaming' chemical reactions, those that at certain points move away from the lowest minimum energy 'path of ...

First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water

RICHLAND, Wash.—In an experiment akin to stop-motion photography, scientists have isolated the energetic movement of an electron while “freezing” the ...

Environmental monitoring offers low-cost tool for typhoid fever surveillance

Researchers can accurately track where typhoid fever cases are highest by monitoring environmental samples for viruses called bacteriophages that specifically ...

Superbug killer: New synthetic molecule highly effective against drug-resistant bacteria

A new antibiotic created by Harvard researchers overcomes antimicrobial resistance mechanisms that have rendered many modern drugs ineffective and are ...

Discovery of new Li ion conductor unlocks new direction for sustainable batteries

One of the grand challenges for materials science is the design and discovery of new materials that address global priorities ...

Reforestation programs could threaten vast area of tropical grasslands

New research led by the University of Liverpool reveals the scale of inappropriate reforestation projects across Africa.Credit: Kate Parr, University of ...

MSU, Carnegie Science introduce a big new idea with the help of tiny plankton

Researchers at Michigan State University and the Carnegie Institution for Science have developed a model that connects microscopic biology to ...

AIBS names 2024 emerging public policy leaders

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is pleased to announce that Alex Rich and Efraín Rodríguez-Ocasio have been selected ...

Asexual propagation of crop plants gets closer

Seeds are the end product of plant reproduction. Whether directly as food, or indirectly as animal feed, they provide around ...

Researchers discover that a rare fat molecule helps drive cell death

Columbia researchers have found that a rare type of lipid is a key driver of ferroptosis, a form of cell ...

Rapid detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A paper-based platform developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ...

Diving deeper into our oceans: Underwater drones open new doors for global coral reef research

At the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), scientists at the Marine Genomics Unit, in collaboration with the Japanese telecommunications ...

Root microbes may be the secret to a better tasting cup of tea